Improvement in bee-hives



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Bee Hive.

Patented June 4, 1867.

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Letters Patent No. 65,402, detail Janv fl. 18137.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEHHIVES.

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TO ALL WIIOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Ie it known that I, VOLNEY LEONARD, of Springfield, in the county ot' Bradford, and .State of Pennsyh Vania, have invented a new and improved Bee-IIive; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art to inake and use the saine, reference being had t0 the accompanying drawings forming` part of this lspecilication, in which- Figure I is a longitudinal vertical section etluy invention, taken in the lineI 173:, tig. 2;

Figure 2, a section oi' the same, taken in the line 3'/ y, iig. I,

Figure 3, a front view ot' the same.

Figure 4, a transverse section of the saine, taken in the line e, iig. l.

Figure 5, a detached plan or top View ot' a moth-trap pertaining to the saine.

Figure 6, a detached plan .or top view of a supporting bar for the spare-honey boxes.

Figure-7, a section of iig, 5, taken in the line a." a". v

Figure 8, a detached horizontal section et' a spare-honey box.

Similar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

IThis invention relates to a new and improved bee-hive, and has for its object the protection of the bees from the moth, perfectventilation, uniformity of temperature, and a novel construction of the spare-honey boxes and honey-board, whereby several advantages are obtained over hives of ordinary construction, as will he presently set'forth.

A represents a base or support, ou which the bee-hive rests. This base or support is composed of a board er plank, cz, attached at its ends to cleats 7J, one ot' which is higher than the other, to give the board or plank an inclined position, as shown clearly in fig. 1. 'B represents the body ot' the hive, which is of rectangular form, and has doors c at its sides, which cover glass plates d. By opening these doors the interior of the hive may be inspected at any time. At the bottoni of the hive, at each angle or corner, there is a metal plate, e. These plates serve as feet, and allow a space all around underneath the hive. C represents the eotnhffraines, which are of rectangular' form, and have their upper cross-bar projecting beyond tlie end bars to forni lips j' to support the comb-frames, said lips resting upon the tops of the front and rear ends ofthe hive, as shown in fig. 1. In the upper part of the front end ot' thehive there is made a series of holes, g, directly underneath which a metal plate, D, is attached by a joint or by pivots, 7:, so that said plate may be raised to a horizontal position or let down so as to hang by the front side ot' the hive when required. This plate is held in a horizontal position, when required, by catches composed of plates jy'pivoted to the front side of the hive, and each having a notch, 7c, made in it te receive, when the plates are turned down to a vertical position, the sides of the plate D, as shown clearly in iig. 3. The plate D, when raised, is made to serve as an alghting-board, and

admit of the bees passing into the upper part of' the hive near the sparc-honey boxes. lVhen this entrance is not required, the plate I) islet down, and the holes g serve as ventilators only. The moth-trap is composedof vthree strips 7L L t ot wood, grooved longitudinally their whole length, as shown clearly in fig. 5 at if, and notched at suitable distances apart, as shown at jx. 'lhese strips are inserted under the hive, one at each side, and one at the rear end, and the worms will creep into the notchhs y'/` and grooves iX. The strips t maybe removed from time to time `and the worns destroyed. E represents the honey-board, which is composed of Jtwo parallel bars, having crossdiars cX fitted between them, with suitable spaces Zbetween the bars, and F represents the cap or ,box which 4is fitted on the hive B, and serves as a cover for the spare-honey boxes F, which rest on the honey-board E, the latter resting on the top of the hive I). The honey-boxes are ol' rectangular forni, and have glass sides and ends, and wooden tops and bottoms. 1llhe bottoms m have narrow oblong` slots or openings n in them, (sec fig. 8,) to admit the workers but not the queen, and consequently no brood-comb will be built iu the spare-honey boxes. rIhe honey-boxes F have wooden corner uprights 0, to which the glass sides p are secured by sheet-metal hooks rl, the vlatter' boing driven between the ends of the sides (I, into the outer corners of the uprights o, as shown clearly in iig. 8. This fornis a very durable and simple inode of construction. In the upper iront part ot' the cap F there is made a series et' holes, r, over which a nietal plate, G', is attached by a hinge orjoint, s. The holes 'l' are covered, when desired, by the plate G, the latter being,l secured ina closed .state by a button, II. When ventilation is required, the plate G is raised, as shown in iig. l, and it may be retained in n. partially open or raised stilte by turning the button H upward, so thztt the lower part ot' the plut@ may bear against the upper part ot' the button. In enses where the honey-boord E is not required, ns, for instance, where largeispare-honey boxes nre employed, I use wlmi: may he termed n rest, shown in figs. 6 und 7. This rest is composed of :t platte, SX, having cleats t attached to it, with spaces u between them, metal strips e u being attached to the cleats t. These spaces n afford pztssages for the bees te pass from the 11min hive up in thc sparc-honey boxes, the rest being)r placed centrally on the hive, and the inner ends of the boxes resting or bearing on the rest.

Having thus described my invention, what l elnim :ts new, und desir-cito secure by Letters Patent, is-f- 1. The platte D, applied to the hive B, in relation with the holes g, as shown, in combination with the fastenings or pivoted notched plntesiy, substantially fas und for the purpose set forth.

2. The motlntrap, composed of the groovcd :nid notched strips 7L, applied to thel1ve,substamti:tlly as shown and described.

VOLNEY LEONARD. i

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